[ last updated 15:09 ] Armenia’s newly formed government approved on Monday a five-year policy program that commits it to strengthening the rule of law, improving the business environment and implementing other “second-generation” reforms promised by President Serzh Sarkisian.
[ last updated 15:11 ] The Armenian authorities have banned the next rally planned by allies of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian, while agreeing to let them hold an indoors conference this week, it emerged on Monday.
[ last updated 15:12 ] Raffi Hovannisian, the leader of the opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party, said on Monday that his efforts to arrange a dialogue between Armenia’s leadership and radical opposition have failed because of preconditions set by both mutually hostile camps.
[ last updated 15:08 ] Several Armenian newspapers carry a statement by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian on opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian’s offer to act as a mediator in his possible “dialogue” with the authorities.
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